Gooselady BSN, RN

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    Mean and Ruthless Nurses who are receiving your report

    Gooselady replied to romie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a couple 'come to Jesus' moments thanks to all the nurses complaining to the manager about unprofessional behavior during report. The manager wrote out a statement of professional behavior and...
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    dischargin psych pts question

    Gooselady replied to sassyann85's topic in Psychiatric

    We discharged an actively hallucinating young man because his public defender did an excellent job. He was sort of catatonic as well, and mute. He was found on the street without ID, and the only...
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    Pt's home infested with bed bugs, fleas, etc..

    Gooselady replied to RN-DC's topic in Home Health

    I renewed my CPR last night so this is probably why my first thought for this OP from November was "is the scene clear??" Paramedics won't begin their thing if the scene isn't clear. The point being...
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    Avoiding counter transferrence

    Gooselady replied to TerpGal02's topic in Addictions

    It may not sound like 'very much', but having a husband newly in recovery and being a child of an alcoholic, it's no wonder you are 'triggered' so to speak. You go to work, and deal with addicts....
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Thanks loads for this link :) There's some good critical thinking going on here, and allnurses.com was quoted for someone's on the spot MRI reading
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    anxiety about an occurance report

    Gooselady replied to Katniss88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The whole thing IS due to your choices, etc. Let's avoid using the word 'fault' for the negative connotations. You WERE responsible for this mistake having occurred. That is OK! It doesn't mean...
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    Pierce County, Washington nurses suing over mandatory flu shots

    Gooselady replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    We are allowed to refuse where I worked in Olympia (Thurston county) but if the CDC announced a certain 'level' of epidemic, we were to wear face masks while in all patient areas if we'd declined the...
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    Not completely emptying bladder with straight cath

    Gooselady replied to drue76's topic in General Nursing

    Bladder scans can be 'off' due to obesity and altered anatomy, so if either are there I'd take the reading as not exact. What about bladder scanning after catheterization? Are the I&Os fairly...
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    Feeling dumped on as new PRN

    Gooselady replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard nurses remark about 'dumping' on float or PRN staff. We tried hard not to do that on my unit. Sometimes we'd have long term patient we were needing a break from, and they were given to...
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    Mistake Right After Orientation

    Gooselady replied to Deeya_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness!! That is a 'miss' but not a big one! That's why nursing is a 24 hour operation :) You can't do EVERYTHING in a single shift. Making little mistakes like this is NORMAL for new...
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    anxiety about an occurance report

    Gooselady replied to Katniss88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's a pretty understandable error. You will NOT lose your license and I doubt you'll lose your job :) One thing off the bat -- you have to review the chart before the end of your shift, whether...
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    Denying Death As A Society

    Gooselady replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget the ANGRY in denial patients and family, and coping with their open hostility, barely concealed contempt as if they hope you will screw up and vindicate them. I always wondered WHAT they...
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    HELP!! nurse residency program

    Gooselady replied to Grace808's topic in General Nursing

    I took a residency position after 17 years of experience as a nurse and just short of 3 years not actively working. Residency can be either for new grads or to train or re-train in a new field where...
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    nursing homes and large patient to nurse ratio

    Gooselady replied to bargraphix's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Be creative and bold when it comes to organizing all those meds and giving them. Checking your meds three times, eh? Sounds like a business person came up with that. If you don't scan meds into an...
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    Struggling in First Nursing Job

    Gooselady replied to etuttle1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would trust this, the managers have the best idea of your 'fit' in this unit. It's something you can 'see' with experience, and there is so many little aspects to it that you couldn't write it all...
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    Needing some advice or encouragement

    Gooselady replied to willow14's topic in Nurses Recovery

    From inside your excellent recovery (congrats on that), YOU see the situation that you created in your personal way. He sees this from OUTSIDE this whole process, a person who was in the wrong place...
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    inactive nurse , no expirience, interview monday help

    Gooselady replied to dont.give.up's topic in Retired Nurses

    Aha! Your OP sounded like you passed the boards and then were floating gently one day and SUDDENLY you had a job interview! I figured there was more to the story. I hope your interview went well...
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    Tolerance and acceptace of gay nurses and patients

    Gooselady replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I live in an area with a sharp division between the 'liberal and conservative' crowd, thanks to my city hosting a liberal arts college and an older than average population. So far I've not...
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    skeptical of another nurse

    Gooselady replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    Cripes! You're right that people this out of it tend to disappear, but in the meantime? All you can do is write down the factual specifics of her behavior and send the email to your manager, who...
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    New Grad in ER, working with LPNs

    Gooselady replied to Ria80's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In spite of the information about your accomplishments in school, if I were in your shoes and already felt such a hostile environment, I'd find another position. If things are that hostile already,...
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    New RN needs Senior RN Advice

    Gooselady replied to RN-4Ever's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is an issue but not nearly as dire as you've heard or imagine. I went from 17 years of nothing but psych and did an RN residency to go into medical oncology. A nurse is a nurse, we have...
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    Anyone ever have to give report to that one nurse who's grouchy all the time?

    Gooselady replied to Littleguccipiggy's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Totally . . . every place I've worked had 'one' or maybe two, but at least one that EVERYONE dreaded passing off report to. My last job there were actually two of them. One was a very experienced...
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    how to answere qestion in a interview when you have a probation period on your license

    Gooselady replied to clgannon1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It sounds like you moved on and met all the requirements, have a license in good standing. I don't know if you need to be so worried about explaining this again, except what you quoted above. If you...
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    Maxim Testing

    Gooselady replied to Areumda's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I just accepted a PDN position with said homecare company, with full awareness of the 'bad'. At this point in my career, I just need a place to be a nurse. I don't need hand holding, I don't need to...
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    this is getting old

    Gooselady replied to yoginurse29's topic in Psychiatric

    When I went to medical oncology after 17 or so years in psych, I didn't hear comments or judgments as the OP said. In the interview for the oncology position, I was surprised when the DON commented...